Monday night against the Washington Nationals, the Arizona Diamondbacks might’ve recorded their best win of the year. They were down 6-0 and 8-2 at two different points in the game yet won on a walk-off homer by Corbin Carroll 9-7.
The D-backs scored seven runs in the final 2 1/3 innings to win the game. They scored once each in the 7th and 8th innings before exploding for five runs in the 9th inning against Nationals closer and top trade candidate Kyle Finnegan.
The 9th inning was a thing of beauty as Alek Thomas led it off with a triple. Geraldo Perdomo singled him home. Ketel Marte came up and hit a laser of a homer just over the right-field fence to make it 8-7. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. followed up a batter later with a 9-pitch single. Corbin Carroll pinch-hit for Kevin Newman and on the second pitch, hit a rocket, 109.5 MPH exit velo, to the RF bleachers to win the game.
The D-backs battled back against multiple relievers of the Nationals and had one of their biggest comeback victories of the season. It was their sixth walk-off win of the 2024 season. Corbin Carroll recorded his third career walk-off hit and first career walk-off homer and his first career pinch-hit homer.
The first inning was a disaster akin to a dust storm taking over Phoenix as Jordan Montgomery faced a barrage of line drives and hard hits. In the first inning, Montgomery faced eight batters, recorded a strikeout, and gave up five hits, a walk, and a three-run homer.
He was lucky that it ended when it did thanks to Jacob Young getting picked off and caught stealing second base that was initially ruled safe but got overturned thanks to a D-backs challenge. It was a rough first inning that highlighted the team’s need for reliable starting pitching.
He managed to make it three more innings, but gave up another run, five hits, and two walks. In total, over four innings, Montgomery allowed nine hits, six runs, three walks, and a strikeout to go with a homer.
Perhaps the worst news is that Christian Walker left the game after the third inning due to left oblique tightness. It isn’t the right side which is what he hurt in 2021 that sapped his power. It remains to be seen if this is a long-term injury or if they caught it in time. It’s unlikely he will be in the lineup tomorrow.
Miguel Castro covered two innings for the bullpen but showed decreased velocity averaging 92.8 on his fastball. He gave up five hits, two runs, and walked two as he struggled with command and missing bats.
Slade Cecconi was strong in his debut out of the bullpen pitching two scoreless innings with three strikeouts and reaching 97+ multiple times. Joe Mantiply got his fifth win and pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
Every starter of the Arizona Diamondbacks reached base aside from Christian Walker and Jake McCarthy. Geraldo Perdomo had two RBI, Ketel Marte had three RBIs and three hits, and Kevin Newman had two hits in replacement of Walker.
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Publish date : 2024-07-30 01:04:03
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